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Just finished … The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling |We’re not in Hogwarts anymore, Toto. This is Rowling’s first book after the Harry Potter series, and it is absolutely nothing like them, which I’m...
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Just finished … Reached by Ally Condie | This is book three of the Matched trilogy (preceded by Matched and Crossed). If you’re not familiar with the concept of these books, they are set in the future...
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YA reading list
It was time for me to re-evaluate my top 10 young adult books. So, without your seeing my raging internal debate*, I very cleanly present to you the following: 1) The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S....
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Christmas vacation is definitely over– I haven’t had nearly as much time to read! And now that I have only a few weeks to prepare my manuscript before I attend the Big Sur Writing Workshop, all my...
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a literary life
What is your favorite thing about reading and/or writing? It’s hard for me to choose just one thing! I love that I get to create new worlds, love that it’s my responsibility to make people think about...
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The Seven Deadly Sins: Book Style!
Kelley over at Another Novel Read recently posted this fun bookish survey, and I thought it was a lot of fun, so I’m doing it too! GREED – What is your most expensive book? Your least expensive? My...
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Book Characters I’d Like Updates On
I’ve told you before that I think a lot about book characters outside of the actual novels. Here are a few characters I’d like to check in with. Susan Pevensie | After the railway accident … (I’ve...
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Poetry 2015 Review: Black Aperture by Matt Rasmussen
My gosh. This collection bowled me over. In the first of three sections, Matt Rasmussen starts with treasures such as “No island is an island, / he said. There is no new land, / just the same body...
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Review: The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
This book. This book. THIS. BOOK. This is my favorite book I’ve read so far this year. I require you all read it. What’s it about? Here’s the official description: Every dawn brings horror to a...
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2016 Books I’m (More Than) Excited For
I’m sure there will be many, many more as we progress through the year, but from the get-go, these are the ones on my radar: The Series-Enders: The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater. NEED. Crooked...
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Reading Slump
I’ve been in a reading slump for a week or two now. Part of it is because I’ve resurrected my old novel and am pounding the pavement to pull together a working first draft to show my editor. Part of it...
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I’m an emotional tornado, but my mascara doesn’t run.
Hi friends! Hope you’ve all been well. Thought I’d offer a little update on my life, for those who are interested! Salt Novel I finished my synopsis. It’s a long, detailed, color-coded one. Plotting is...
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Six Parts of Writing a Book that Aren’t Actually Writing
There is so much more to writing a book than just writing a book. I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately and thought I’d write up a few thoughts about it. Note that this is my experience; every...
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Dear Diary: Thoughts from the Couch
Hi folks! I’m typing on my laptop keyboard, something I haven’t done in a while, since I use an ergo keyboard at home and at work. Unfortunately, my home office desk chair is broken, and while I...
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Life Indeed
Honestly, I’ve been heartbroken since the election, and when I try to blog, anything I say feels a little trivial in comparison to what this country is facing. But I trust in a God who personifies love...
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Operation: Adulting
I turn 35 in January. I need to get my crap together. I’m developing a plan. So far: 1. I created a budget. I used mint.com. It’s free and quite brilliant actually. It takes a little bit to set things...
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Here. Have some reviews.
A few books I’ve read recently … The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maass | Oh man. This is changing my life, guys. Hands down, it’s the best craft book I’ve ever read on fiction. A week ago, in...
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Ramble-some
Hi friends, I thought I’d just ramble a little bit about life, if that’s cool. Even if that’s not cool. The summer has just been blazing by, which is so wild. Usually June is a quiet month in...
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Compendium
I was just writing up a giant blog post about Charlottesville, and I decided to sit on it for a day or so before posting. So, even though this post might be about everything BUT Charlottesville, know...
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